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Inside Gayland is a crazy satirical play on the law criminalizing homosexuality in India. The absurdity of this outdated law comes out forcefully when seen together with a similar law criminalizing heterosexuality in Gayland. The mind-searing trauma of gays and lesbians in India shunned by society and criminalized by the law can be better appreciated in the light of the pathetic plight of heterosexuals in Gayland. This play is authored by Rajesh Talwar, who filed various petitions challenging discrimination against HIV positive persons (mandatory testing, segregation), including the first petition in the South Asian region that challenged Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, the archaic British sodomy statute. A copy of the petition is attached as an Appendix to the book. A shorter version of the play was used as campaign material.
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The intention of the playwright is aimed at creating awareness in society....Talwar's Inside Gayland is a pointer to the long path that India has yet to traverse to guarantee basic rights to all its citizens.
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Language: English. Inside gayland is a satire on the law criminalizing homosexuality in India. The inappropriateness of law in this regard is highlighted as well as the absurdity of its outdatedness. An intention aimed at creating awareness in society about the unfair and unethical laws to which homosexuals are subjected to. A picture of the long path Indians have yet to have guarantee of basic rights. About The Author: Rajesh Talwar, is a lawyer by profession, a prolific writer, and has also taught law at Delhi University and Jamia Millia Islamia for a period of six years. In 1996 he went to the U.K. on a British Chevening scholarship, from where he did his LL.M. in Human Rights Law from the University of of Nottingham. He has written extensively on legal and nonlegal subjects for various newspapers and magazines, and has authored several books, both nonfiction as well as fiction. Making Your Own Will (Vision Books, 1992) was followed by The Judiciary on Trial (Cosmos, 1995), How to Choose Your Lawyer (Vision Books, 1998), The Divorce Handbook (Vision Books, 1999), The Third Sex and Human Rights (Gyan Publishing House, 1999), Inside Gayland (Kalpaz Publications, 2001) and The Laws of EBusiness in India (Vision Books, 2001). Forthcoming books include a collection of childrenÕs stories. The Title 'Inside Gayland written/authored/edited by Rajesh Talwar', published in the year 2001. The ISBN 9788178350158 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 232 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Kalpaz Publications. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Sociology. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms 232. Seller Inventory # 1111008614592
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